http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/11/24/just-call-it-pig-butter/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:40:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/11/24/just-call-it-pig-butter/#comment-1440 Sculpin » Because, really, nothing’s better. Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:44:48 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/11/24/just-call-it-pig-butter/#comment-1440 <p>[...] In other food news, I’m getting pretty decent at making flour tortillas. After a few more batches, I think I’ll really have the knack; after that I’ll start experimenting with adding chile powders and whole-wheat flour. The secret, my friends, is lard. Lard is good. (And available locally from the Samish Bay cheese people.) The other secret is to roll those proto-tortillas thinner and wider than you’d think possible; they’ll contract as you pick them up, so stretch them slightly as you put them on the griddle. I actually measured them out to the recommended 9 inches. That is about right, but it seemed ridiculously thin when I first started. [...]</p> […] In other food news, I’m getting pretty decent at making flour tortillas. After a few more batches, I think I’ll really have the knack; after that I’ll start experimenting with adding chile powders and whole-wheat flour. The secret, my friends, is lard. Lard is good. (And available locally from the Samish Bay cheese people.) The other secret is to roll those proto-tortillas thinner and wider than you’d think possible; they’ll contract as you pick them up, so stretch them slightly as you put them on the griddle. I actually measured them out to the recommended 9 inches. That is about right, but it seemed ridiculously thin when I first started. […]

]]> http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/11/24/just-call-it-pig-butter/#comment-339 LAA Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:32:47 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/11/24/just-call-it-pig-butter/#comment-339 <p>Just read this - ignore my questions about purchasing leaf lard. Will try to make pig butter at home. Thanks!</p> Just read this - ignore my questions about purchasing leaf lard. Will try to make pig butter at home. Thanks!

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